The Singapore Free Press, 11 October 1955

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press I irgcsl Afternoon Sale m Malaya So. *****. Singapore, Tuesday, October 11. 1&55. I'rire i;, ts
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    Airport drama as ex-fellow Pow meets Sir Robert
    147 1 «IR ROBERT SCOTT, the v L iMiimisMonerp bad a surprise v n he uiul his wife i v Singapore Airp early today. Waiting on the tarmac to |reet him was Inspector A. Henson who nursed Sir Robert when they were both political
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    Cao Dai 'Pope' and daughters arrested
    134 1 r VUE CaodaUt army ye.s- terday cracked down On the Cao Dai 'Pope;' his imperial guard and two of his daughters In an attempt to prevent an outbreak Of a "holy war" m South Vietnam U\ a critical week-end m the Holly See of
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    Lock icon New C.G. glad to be back
    42 1 picture. sir Robert Scott, the new Commissioner-General, and Lady Scott arrived m Singapore today. Picture shows sir Robert, Lady HI uk. wife of the Governor, sir Robert Black and Lady Scott at the airport. Free Press
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    Rubber down 3 cents
    30 1 Rubber down 3 cents I of rubber three cents to lb for October when the market Singapore this .support coupled ler overnight York maributed to the Inc. Ing tone waa
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    asked men rob mahjong party
    25 1 asked men rob mahjong party ked men carrying urprised a Chi v playing man Siang Kuang Singapore. last robbed them of md cau,h worth i
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    SPEAKS IN MANDARIN
    176 1 £JIR ROBERT SCOTT spoke a row words of Mandarin as soon as he landed a* Singapore Ainx>rt today to make sure he had not, forgotten the language after an absence of seven years. Sir Robert Black, the Governor, Lady Black and senior officials of thr Comml sioner-General's
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    IGNORE CALL TO STRIKE-TUC
    314 1 IGNORE CALL TO STRIKE-TUC 'Revolt m PAP unions 9 Singapore Trade I'nion Coitfre*) today directed its members and affiliated unions not to have anything to do with the Middle Uoad unions' call for a ten-minute strike when the Legislative Assembly debates the Public Security Hill, tomorrow. The TUC secretary', Mr.
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    FLOODS KILL 150
    27 1 Floods washed away eighi villages m the Bialkot Districi <>f the Punjab Province yesterday and killed 150 people according to Lahore reports, A f
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    MacD's VISIT
    27 1 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, British High Commissioner In Inrlia. will arrive here on Thursday. On Saturday he vviij deliver the University of Malays Convocation nddre
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    Lock icon Person: Love-life story nonsense
    86 1 Person: Love-life story nonsense HORMER Argentine dicr tator ju.iti i) Peron ye »t' i iH;iy rl<-iii«'(l i cpOft I From Buenos Aires th.it tic led a luri i, proml icuou i love* life before his overthrow &nd subsequent exile i to Paraguay. And it not true, he BAld, that ii
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    'REVIEW BILL YEARLY'
    104 1 I'M IK Singapore Progressive 1 Party wants the Public Security Bill to be reviewed every year instead Of once m three years. Assemblyman Mr Lini Koon Teck will move an amendment to that effect m the Assembly tomorrow. Mr. John Ede. another Progressive member, will move a
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    Identity cards to go on
    42 1 The Singapore Government will introduce a Bill m the Legislative Assembly tomorrow to continue the identity card system. The card .system l.s main* talned under the Emergency Regulations, but these are due to lapse m ten days.
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    Lock icon FRENCH IN MOROCCO STRIKE
    166 2 FRENCH IN MOROCCO STRIKE pRENCH settler^ went on ike yt U '.■>'. .v busj port ol t citj ol Pn eh North Africa, In profc .t ilnst the Moroccan reform pro gramme approved by the National Assembly m Paris on Sunday The strike began without incident, although troops and police
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    Lock icon US not ready to disarm yet
    613 2 WORLD OPI\IO\ Will FORCE RIDS TO RELAX CRIP ON E.CER}IA\)> DULLES WARNS ON DANGER OF WEAPON MONOPOLY OECRETARY of State John Filter Dulles said yesterday the United States was not prepared to disarm at the present time unless it can be sure "that others
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    Lock icon Camp raid is reply to Sir John
    124 2 Camp raid is reply to Sir John HIGHT ma feed men, defy*j Ing Cyprus Governor Bii John Harding'! antJ terrorist campaign, brokv Into an army camp at Feinagusta early yesterday and made oil with several crates which may contain ami. This first ra id on an army camp oi the
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    Greek position in West shaken
    123 2 ADMISSION BY NEW PREMIER pREMIER Cons tan tine Karamangis told the 1 Greek parliament last night that the Cyprus issue has "severely shaken" the position of Greece "on the side of the Western democracies." In a statement of government policy, the new Premier declared: "Our
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    Eisenhower goes out into the sun
    60 2 Eisenhower goes out into the sun PRESIDENT Eisenhower cheerfully resigned to a long convalescence which may keep him out of the White House until about Jan. 1 basked m the sun yesterday at a Denver hospital for the first time since his heart attack. That procedure was m line with
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    Lock icon NATO men see secret film of Reds' jets
    233 2 NATO men see secret film of Reds' jets BRITISH NATO representative, General Sir John Whiteley. warned representatives of 15 NATO countries m Paris yesterday that Russia's armed strength now posed a greater threat to Western security than ever before. Sir John backed up his warning with secret slides depicting the
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    Lock icon Minister flies in
    36 2 Australian External Affairs Minister Mr r c; Casey arrived In Rangoon by air yesterday from [ndia Mi- cascy fliea to Bingapor< tomorrow tO attend a meeting of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Reuter
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    Lock icon NIXON TRIP OFF
    29 2 Vice President Richard m Nixon lias postponed his tcheduled goodwill trip to the Near Ra«t next month if w.i, officially announced m Dwuvct. ytfc^iday. A. P.
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    Lock icon Soviet 'repat' plan rejected
    54 2 A Soviet draft resolution r ailing for the early repatriation of all refugees and displaced persons who wanted to return home was rejected by the United Na- tions Social Committee yesterday. The United States delerate pointed out that what was called voluntary repatriation might become forcible
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    Lock icon But Mr. M. says: I'm not quitting
    144 2 FOREIGN Minister Molotov said yesterday m Moscow there "is no question of my retirement." Molotov told newsmen at a reception, "Of course I will go to Geneva." The newsmen wanted to know if his recent public apology for a "theoretical mistake" m Communist
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    Lock icon SIX WANT TO BUY RUBBER PLANT
    35 2 The U.S. government r received six bids for its thetic rubber plant stitute, West Virginia, 11 announced today. Negotiations leadinj final sales contract wil completed with 75 days U.P.
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    Lock icon MOLOTOV SACK WOULD BE GOOD NEWS
    80 2 ]L|R. Averell llarr. iJAman, Governor oi New York and loinier I nited States Ambas sador to Russia SlK last night thai if Foreign Minister fak). toy's recent public 'confession vi error meant Mr. IHlotov was on his way out it would be 'goad news"
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    Lock icon LABOUR PLANS DRIVE TO OUST TORIES
    201 2 LABOUR PLANS DRIVE TO OUST TORIES rpHE British Labour Party i ,i' reed ye l e r d ay to pend the next three years hammering oui n win back tho voters policy In fl full-Scale drive to oust the present. Conservative Government, Tiie Party'i annual conference! opening at Margate,
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    Lock icon HITLER STORY SILLY
    203 3 I ##<• tliti Ufa* prviiy giris-ralvt U LING] Hitter'a valet i,»i ten taki i" Berlin J^ s t night Fuehrer*! its life wmm omp |etelj normal." •His relationship with Eva Braun of a normal man a' l wife," ,j I know he luid intimate th hef from
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    Lock icon Ancient sea thing' found by Russians
    110 3 i RTTISII scientist A r jrted m London that the ns ha v o disa previously form of sea life known us pogonop i scientist, Dr. Harding, was on his return tour of Russia. [arding, a prinscientiflc officer indon's Natural >ry Museum said, discovery
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    Lock icon Britain silent on ON. election
    52 3 am will make no atement before or after Security Council on whether it will Poland or the Phi- for a -scat, a British •tion spokesman said lay m Now York. Interest is the of Australia/ he M<-'d. Australia is with- Commonseat now held by land.
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    Lock icon GUNS BLAZE IN MAYFAIR BANDIT CHASE
    275 3 GUNS BLAZE IN MAYFAIR BANDIT CHASE L°Sffir d *?V° Vcr m no ™«»y Placid Maytair, the capital's most select neighbourhood yesterday, when a gangster's cafhotlv pursued by police fought out a "Hollywood style" running gun battle at 60 m.p.h. through the i streets. The armed men had escaped In a
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    Lock icon Canada to aid Ceylon with loan
    79 3 Canada to aid Ceylon with loan i IV JR. M. D. H. JAYAWAR--ITI DENE, Ceylon's Finance Minister, said m Colombo I yesterday that, since Brij tain's financial position does 1 not enable he r to grant loans/ Ceylon would have to raise money herself for her development schemes or look
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    Lock icon Pit blast kills 2
    37 3 At least two poop]* 1 were killed yesterday when an explosion rocked the Sumitomo mines m the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido. Four other miners were reported missing and 17 were injured. U.P.
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    Lock icon Peace formula
    35 3 The United States ha.s signed defence treaties with more than 40 other nations m an effort to achieve "peace by agreemi nt," state Department legal adviser Herman Phleger .said m Philadelphia yesterday. U.P.
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    Lock icon He just can't drive around Russia
    129 3 He just can't drive around Russia DR Brethold F. Schultz, the Chic&gO dentist who tWO weeks ago became the first Western tourist to drive his own car into MOSCOW, has l 'f 'he Russian capital for home. He said Russian Officials thwarted his pi, ins to see something of Russia.
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    New nuclear tests
    59 3 The Atomic Energy Commission announced m Washington yesten'ay that it would begin a series of tests at Nevada on about November 1 on the dangers of accidental explosion of nuclear weapons. The purpose is "to determine the safety of varioius weapon^ and experimental devices m the event
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    Lock icon Princess hurt in air crash
    101 3 Princess hurt in air crash V TWO-ENGINE tfugo I n Airlines plane with 39 p< ople aboard crashed and burnt m the foggy Vienn i woods yesterday, killing a! least six people At least 15 were injured Including Princess Bchwai senber 5 .sonic seriously, One German .survivor I)r Fritz Siebert,
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    Lock icon DUKE FOR FAIR
    24 3 The Duke of Edinburgh left Dundee m the Royal yacht Britannia yesterday to visit the British Trade Fair at Copenhagen. Reuter
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    Types 50 tongues
    64 3 rptlE TJ. S. Army has deveJ loped a small, type-writer-like machine which can print more than 50 foreign languages ranpin<4 from Sanskrit to Urdu. The machine, which weighs only 40 pounds, was developod for p.syrholo^ical warfare purposes. The maehino is so simple m it, s operation, tho
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    IS JAPAN BUILDING RESERVE FORCES?
    162 3 f lEUTENANT Oeneral Tikco Tsutsui, Japan s Chief of Ground Staff, U placing heavy pmphasia on aspects ol reserve training ami reci oil ment m his talk* k Ith high ranking Unit -I State.s Annv official b Defence Department source I closed In Washington This
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion THE LAST DOUBT
    208 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion THE LAST DOUBT TUESDAY, Oci 11. 1955 TF any doubt remains m Singapore about the necessity for the safeguards contained m Ihe Public Securii y Bill, it will have been dispelled by the action Ot Sll.speet.S (leliiilKci m the Federation undei the emerg< m-y laws.
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    This Autumn of Abundance
    873 4  -  WILLIAM BARKLEY by FHE British people are enjoying an autumn >r abundance. He would be an expert mathematician who could count the blessings of the British people today. Returned holidaymakers ad justin g themselves now to the year's labours carry m their minds one unforgettable picture
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      14 4 UJINOu PkECISICN WATC AT MOOERATI PRICES (Mai ired by A Watch Co fi IJ
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    The very sleepy teacher of Ifs
    199 5 The very sleepy teacher of Ifs (►re has there i an uproar at a with 1.260 innear Caen, m nandy. rly all the schoolchildren on strike. Parents are horn to stay at a use they are with anger over village schoolmaster iddle-aged JacM I. i years, they protest, •ne of
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    Lock icon Inner Wheelers celebrate
    98 5 picture. Members of the comj 5 mittee of the Inner j Wheel Club of SingaE pore help their presi- I dent Mrs. Marie I.im (centre) to blow out E I the candles at a week- end cocktail party to celebrate the club's E E ninth birthday. Third
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    Greengrocers' worry
    57 5 Greengrocers' worry Pips m so-called seedless grapefruit are shaking miblic confidence m green- grocers, says Mr. S. Gordon, a Plymouth greengrocer. He told the South-West- crn area conference of the i Retail Fruit Federation at Exeter that a customer who bought a "seedless"' grapej fruit brought it back and, j
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    Pension for lost career is $1.20
    272 5 Pension for lost career is $1.20 pRETTY 21 -year-old Nurse Claire Wise, was i looking forward to hej* wedding to the young policeman whose beat took him round the hospital where she worked. Then 22-year-old P.C. Anthony Still was beaten up by a ganjj of Teddy boys near the Elephant
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    'NO U.N. ASSN. IN PEKING UNTIL...'
    167 5 YfR. CHARLES JUDD. Director-General of the United Nations m the United Kingdom, said m Singapore that Communist China would nor set up a U.N. association m Peking unless she was admitted as a member. Mr. Judd, who is also chairman of the executive committee
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    Reds queue for 'Decameron'
    39 5 Russians are queueing to buy Boccaccio's "Decamer- on," the book that Swindon magistrates banned as ob- scene last year (a decision reversed on appeal). Moscow radio said that 300 people queued at one shop. __i
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    He's headmaster even outside school hours
    309 5 He' s headmaster even outside school hours A HEADMASTER has a legal right to punish a pupil who misbehaves outside school hours, Berkshire County Council has ruled. The only stipulation is that the misbehaviour is related to the SOhoo] and could harm the school's activities. When 1 0-year-old lan Cooper,
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    Lock icon SORAYA GIVES GOLD CHAIN TO HER NAMESAKE
    62 5 SORAYA GIVES GOLD CHAIN TO HER NAMESAKE |j»MPREsa Boraya of Per*J sia gave a goldeo chain yesterday m R <me to Soruyu, de Ben6uittis, who was born last Christmas Day to Francesco mid Raffaella (if Benedettia oj Xarletta, near Buri, and named m honour oj the Empress. The Empress paid
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    Lock icon Steel shortage
    20 5 India will m the near future import one million tons of steel to meet a shortage there. Reuter
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    Lock icon A-fair in Tokyo
    18 5 Japan will open the first ?';tr Eastern atonus-for-peace fair m Tokyo on Nov. 1. U.P.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      301 6 >IWhU\kl l»> Lee I alk ami Phil »avis *MKsMl£ sy?r- T I <ou can V Mandrake And mandrakes a«m s££Ms ,^r I W' saMfNOW/ I GE<>TURL<> TO STRETCH AHO STRE'T'C-H \^^^r\ JC~ rST4V- AS YOU ARE/ J ur. COME BACK.// .j HYPNOTICALLY TO GRAB HIM.' WJ, ,M- L t M
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      695 6 rjORN today, you have 1> power ot positive concentration! I m striving for your major objective I o Courageous and combative J never take "no" for an answer Original, inventive, artistic liter- 1 arv and musical, there are a number ot fields from winch you might led your career, wiiat
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      194 7 LONDON, Ott 10. Previous Today RIBBEB No- 1 I '»'S c-J.f. 37% buyer* 35 H buyers turopeafl Ports October 37 sellers 35\ .seller s KIBBKB No- 1 KSS c-i.f. 37» s buyers 35 buyers European Ports November 37 S sellers 35^ sellers KIBBER No. 1 RSS Spot
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      New York prices
      102 7 NEW YORK, Oct. l<j. Previous Today !i\ Straits spot and nearby 96.37 nom. 96.25 norn iin futures October 95.00 bid 95.00 bid 96.00 a-sked 96.25 asked November 0A.50 bid 94.50 bid 95.50 asked 95.75 asked December 94.25 bid 94.25 bid 95.00 asked 95.25 asked rONI Quiet SALES:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      43 7 nd awaiting release 12 afloats 40-, Oct. 39, March equal monthly lots Sarawak spot, awaiting re- lease 36. afloats 35. Oct. 35. Lampong spot, awaiting release 42. afloats 401-.. Oct. 39. Sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib,
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Previous Today 30 Industrials 454.41 ***** 20 Railroads 151.00 146.37 10 Domestic Ronds 98.67 98.74 15 Utilities 62.54 61.67 64 Stocks Composite Average 161.67 157.28
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      124 7 Oct. 10. Previous Today COPRA Philippines cJ.f. U/K North European delivered $183 seller.* $182 sellers weight per long ton Oct./ Nov < OPBA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk per on Unquoted Unquoted < opra straits cJi. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per ions ton Oct./Nov £66 buyers
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    1,000-mile car dash to son
    291 7 COME BACK' TELEGRAM A DORSET couple reached the bedside of their sick child m Southampton, after a 1,000-mile motor dash from the French Riviera during which they took turns driving: continuously for 25 hours. Mr. Louis Gadenne and his wife, Barbara, who own a restaurant
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    74 7 picture. MR. and MRS. TAN -I E MENG THEN, both of E George Lee Motors, seen cutting their wed- E ding cake at Robinson's E Cafe after their ;n;trri- E age. The groom is the E E fourth son of Mr. and E E Mrs. Tan Teng Siah, E and
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    If you pull it twice— IT STOPS
    129 7 THE train slowed as it approached the station but it went through without stooping. It was m a tunnel when a young airman pulled the communication cord. As the train did not stop he ran along the corridor and pulled the cord again.
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    Six days a week
    37 7 The ante-natal and «ynMOlOflCft] outpatients' Clii nics at Kandang Kerbau 1 Hospital will now be open 1 to the public every <i;»y <x 1 cept Sundays and holiday lit w;is nfT'K lally aniiounc»'(l
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    MYSTERY OF CAR PLUNGE IN RIVER
    52 7 A car which fell into the River Thames it Runnymede crossed 200 yards of rough track after leaving the road, a Chcrtsey, Surrey, inquest was told. Open verdicts were returned by the jury on Leonard Owen Vaughan, 46, and his wife, Florence, 42 of
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    Motor men sign
    24 7 Representatives of the Singapore Motor Workshop /.mployees' Union yesterday signed a wage agreement with Universal Cars Ltd. at the Labour Ministry.
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    Sir John had to pay up twice
    269 7 Sir John had to pay up twice BRITISH RAILWAYS OVI 4ft. Id. to Sir John Pre tlge, 71 -year-old "squire" of Bishops bourn-, Ot kf Canterbury. And i fonnet Hlgta Sherifl ol Kent Sir John believes British Hallways Also 0W« him an Apology, lit* hfts written u> sir B rian
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    870 8  -  Basil Francis I THE WORLD'S H I STRANGEST STOWES 1 PISTOL PROPOSAL f/i< k dtt HUHC hi I I I U < t r. |l Im'i. if I < i •rin.s i« i !«i i,» f.itu oum .i> !i(^, written ii i v1 1
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    Pink coats in the red: 3 masters quitting
    154 9 Pink coats in the red: 3 masters quitting QNE of the oldest hunts m Britain the Atherstone -is to lose its three joint masters. They can no longer afford to keep dipping into their pockets. The cost of catching a fox m 1955 for hunts like the 200-year-old Atherstone, m
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    67 9 picture £.*****11 ||H,|g E The traditional coster- E E mongers' harvest festi- E E val service was held at E St. Mary Magdalene S Church, Southwark, S London. Pearly King E and Queen of Stoke E E Newfaigton, Mr. and 5 E Mrs. H. Springfield, m E all their finery,
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    Now Britain produces wonder drug
    165 9 A NEW British factory, paid for by £2,500,000 of American money, has begun at Sandwich Kent, producing for the first time m Britain, one of the world's most valuable anti-biotic drugs, Terramycin. Terramycin has had remarkable success m treating diseases like tuberculosis, pneumonia, bacterial heart
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    Penalty of that fine summer
    59 9 Price of potatoes In Brit- aln will rise, the National Federation of Fruit and Potatoe Trades has warned. Lack of rain this year and decline m potato acreage means a season of high prices is inevitable. "This is one of the penalties we paid for
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    Carried 18st sack for a mile
    115 9 FIVE THOUSAND people turned up at Conningtun airfield, near Peterborough, to watch four men set out to carry an 18-stone sack of wheat apiece over a measured mile. The endurance test was the result of a wager between Mr. Frank RatcllfT, a Connlngton garage
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    CAR WRECK TO JOLT DRIVERS
    149 9 A CAR wrecked m a road accident may be rv stationed at. a danger point to traffic m Coulsdon and Purley to shock motorists into being more careful. The idea comes from the local accident prevention council. But the final decision will be made by
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    One man plans fight to win over Soho
    437 9 A PADRE AND THE PAGANS' A YOUNG clergyman has started a one-man fight against the "pagan element" m London's Soho. And he has set out to meet the toughs of gangland on their own ground. He mixed with men mooching on the
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    A CYCLING BOY SAW SMOKE POURING OUT
    154 9 A CYCLING BOY SAW SMOKE POURING OUT QIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Peter Cooper was cycling past a block of flats at night when he saw smoke pourIng out of a first-floor Window. He found the d°or leading to the flat locked smashed the glass panelling. and ran upstairs. But the flat door, too,
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    PROTEST BY THE SQUIRE
    110 9 CQUIRE Roland Dudley paid £5.000 to have a deep-bore hole dug to supply water to the 24 houses In his village of Linkenholt, Hants, but he has to pay the water rate on the 24 houses Just the same. Said the 77-year-old squire: "I have paid
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  • ROUND ABOUT SINGAPOR E
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      CO ME, DANCE WITH ME. said Bettine
      525 10 CO ME, DANCE WITH ME. said Bettine iABOVE left): There was a "sell out" for the annual Press Ball organised by the Singapore I nion of Journalists and held at a seaside hotel to huh, among other YIPs, came the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black and Lady Black. The
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    Colombo plan makes friends of strangers
    1224 12 4 USTRALIA'S expenditure* and commitment! under the Colombo Plan, which came into existence m 1950 for the purpose of bettering economic condition! In countries of South and South-East Asia, had passed $200,000,000 by June 30 last. Of this total, goods shipped and outlays under
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    MENTAL CASES CURABLE IF TREATED EARLY
    532 12 Number eight m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCK RIDGE to mark Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. Woogtbridge luisl fine record I MENTAL disorders are an illness just as much as physical disorders. Dr. J. Browne, the
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    Selangor photo show
    123 13 t; langor C a me r a will hold their 1 .Malayan InternaJ Photographic Exhir. m Kuala Lumpur. to 19. Staes > li as certifl- be awarded m I monochrome olour transparencies lie discretion hi Si lection Jury. for receiving lov. 25. All en--1 be addressed "ey
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    BRIDGE HAND
    382 13 k'ujnerable RTH *Q J 8 10 8 M 10 7 1 A 6 AST 4» 2 >A 9 6 l J 10 9 8 5 4 2 X,.10 5 4 3 9 5 N T. 5 lay< ra lub bid 1 at the* ilted. lid on rd 1
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    Teen-age girls are their best customers
    618 13  - Teen-age girls are their best customers SUNNY GIAM reports on Malayan photographers and their pictures (JTUdio proprietors KJ report that iiiii< tyflve per cent ot their customers are women and that teenage school girls form the majority of clients. In.spite of the modern equipment m Malayan photographic studios, however, professional
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      247 13 CLUES M ROSS thod 1 fi) 1 Anne's sla< She's In A ruler yives me rope mostly iem! (4 B) 8 leiis vi local finally 8 Long John gets thi In ld< Nothing com< before c 7 a tin cycle, ion! Get thai fj nd <4> »tral( hi 1 i-0)
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    DANY finds it puzzling
    337 14  -  BETTY WILSON NOW M'SIEU I PREFERS BRUNETTES A 17 EAR OLD dancer i> roddenly Hie most talked-abooi mode] i:» Paris, Ilin dredi of iromen are Imitating bei colouring i n (1 h e r qlidin^, < dancer's walk. Dany B a isenai <*, inannc(|Uiii vedette is
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    Proves a boost to growth
    162 14 1 T YSINE, an essential ele--1 1^ ment m human nutri--1 tion, U now being made > synthetically. Many foods, 5 notably those made chiefly > of wheat, are deficient m J this substance. > Lvsine is one of eight ammo acids called nature's building
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    63 14 GOLDEN-HAIRED French actress Agnes Laury pauses at the entrance of her dressing room m a Hollywood studio to shoic off this evening frock of tivo colour pleated chiffon featuring a strapless bodice and the new short-length skirt. Her shoes are of matching material. A diamente double-strand choker, and tiny I
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    20 14 pRA YER i a mature mfi- i Itv, tn<tUtptnsabls to the futlei t development of A :>o?iullty. Alexis Carrel
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    DEATH-BLOW TO FLIES
    89 14 A LARGE assortment of new chemical compounds to fight flies and mosquitoes is being developed by tbe US. Department of Agriculture which reports the discovery of 11 new mosquito repellent chemicals, all of which are better than anything now m use against several species, including those which
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    MICKEY FINN
    1855 16  -  ALARIC JACOB (PERSIAN STYLE) 9w by A WAR correspond dent in the VVesl em Desert and n Russia, Alarit Jacob has spent most (it his journalistic life abroad, hf_ longest assignments being Washington and Moscow He is 1") ami lives in helsea with his actress wife Kathleen Byron,
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    THE SET MAN SWITCHED the SQUARE
    737 17  - THE SET MAN SWITCHED the SQUARE FRITZ GOODWIN To make those Guys and Dolls ieel right at home by i IGIITS i)i Htoadwav ij blazed on a Hollywood sound stage <»- s Samuel Goldwyn threw the .switch to illuminate the hum Times Square set for his film production of "Guys
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    43 17 >RIS I>.\Y has changed bet screen personality considerably since she changed studios, coni Ira ting more on dramatic parts (as seen above) iatlwr than the song and dance role* (right) she used to do. Whether the fans like the switch Ls another matter.
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    Has anybody here seen Kelly?
    249 17 Has anybody here seen Kelly? A HOLLYWOOD comtny has come up vith another picture Jrospect lor its rebel-first-lady star, Grace Kelly, but the question pops up once again: Will she accept it? This time the proposal is that Grace go into a remake of Molnar's famous old stage play, "The
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    He doesn't believe in tables!
    94 17 ACCOLADE for character of the werk goos to film director Rod Amateau. Amateau na,s I very nice office at his .studios, but it's furnished with chair* :\m\ tables only no desk Who needs a desk hi Mkf. Wlien the mechanics of creating take over above
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    He has been club captain for 30 years
    151 18 JACK CHEGWYN, CAPTAIN OF RANDWICK CLUB (SYDNEY), SAYS THAT THE SEASON JUST BEGUN WILL BE HIS LAST IN GRADE CRICKET. It is his 3Oth season. He has talked ol retirement be-' on but has changed his mind. Hi.-, 20 .seasons m «.>rade
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    Lock icon Italian victory
    35 18 [taly la.st night won the 1055 world electric foils team championship, staving <>fT a powerful east-of-the-[ron Curtain challenge from Hungary 9-7. The Hunga- rian.s fiui.sijpd second. Britain took third, defeating Poland 9-5. A.P.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    60 18 ""s o'er kr"" SAJ V iMfVt, l>iv. I: Marine v orinthluns, Jalan IVsar, 1.18 pm.; Senior Cup: Tigers v I'uUu Hi.mi, Jalan B«sai 7 pm. I!O( KKY SI! A I X M v I'olk«H\ I ieletar, ».s< (round; IMv 2: Khalsa v < s|(( pa d.utjc, IMv PrtHOtU
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    27 18 Thi' N'ath Kupbv Union Club beat the Old Belvedere Hub of Dublin by m points f eight m a match at Dubi in* yesterday Reuter
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    PISTOL PACKIN' MAMMA
    223 18 PISTOL P ACKIN' MAMMA riMIK Kent Small-Bore 1 Rifle Association can! boast a "pistol packing, mamma." The pistol section is a family affair. Major PC. Freeman of j Gravesend, a former Kent! champion, Is captain and' the secretary is his wife. Peggy. Mother of four children, Mrs. Freeman believes she
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    20 18 GREGORY, the West Ham goalkeeper, pun«h<^ from BrOWII, the Barnsley re ntreforward, durini; match which West Ham won 4 0.
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    Blacks beat R.I. at Rugby
    57 18 PHI BUu k.v bo,, f Rufiif-s Institution by 13 pointi i two gottfi md B try) to five (gOfJ) m a friendly rugger match at Raffles fn titution r !ouiiii yesterday, R, Tessensohn, M Alsagon and Sakaran scored tries for Blacks and Paul converted two
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    S. B. A. championship ties for tomorrow
    224 18 S. B. A. championship ties for tomorrow TOMORnows ties tn the .S.B A national championship- starting ai 7 p.m. vie: Men's ringlet (Third round*: Bean Lye Hual (Flowtr) v Lim Wei Lon (Mayflower); lohk Pong Kwang (National) v on« Poh Urn (Marigold); M Badall (Merrytime) vNg Kirn Hock (Flower); Quck
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    KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR OWN TEAM TOO
    779 18 KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR OWN TEAM TOO Learn Sobcer with the starsTl THIS WEEK: How to p| ay left-half -in the style of Chelsea's Derek Sounders. TIERS X Sounders, born at Ware, Herts, began playing football at 13, Joined Ware Town m Spartan League and m 1946-47 season went
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    VICTORIA HELD
    52 18 I Tan Geo Siang (Tues.) Oct. 11 1 fIAN ENG SENG School and Victoria School played a scoreless draw m their friendly hockey fixture at Anfion Road yesterday. Gan Eng Seng won the second team match 2-1. Lye Huat and Kirn Mm scored for G.E.S. and E. Scow
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    TENGAH BEATEN
    54 18 POSTS and Telegraphs beat j RAF Ten o ah 2-0 In a SHA Div. 3 league fixture at Scrangoon Road yesterday. Kanda-samv scored the first goal midway through the first half and Rajoo converted a corner jusl before (he interval Thi6 was the fourth victory f< P Sz
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    REHMAT'S CHANCES FOR VICTORY BRIGHT TOMORROW
    1206 19 REHMAT'S CHANCES FOR VICTORY BRIGHT TOMORROW Pick your winners with. ..TRESPASSER Beaver Creek a safe bet ||\';III Masterpiece and I applause out of the L Kehmat looks a b UO (-i bet m the class 3, livision 2, 6 furlongs j the main sprint at j iMMtf tomorrow, the ■econd
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    PROBABLE SCRATCHINGS
    42 19 pROBABLE scratch- ings for tomorrow's races axe: The Whistler, Cabaret 11, Projector, Epsom, The CydarLs, Victorious, Summer Corn, Carshalton, Moulin Rouge, Rogation, Tarzan, Blgaroon. Twinkle Toes, Jutting, Joe's Tipple, Periwinkle, Dragon Seed, Cyrene. The going was yield JMg this morning.
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    39 19 photo. 1 DOWER is n his knr gi m tbf ninth round of his flfht v%i(h Voiin X Martin Spain, u> uh.nn be lost his Bnropean llywelithl title »»v a kiunkoiu m the 12th roujid at Notliiigh.un recently.- Popper
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    The Mottrams quit amateur ranks
    143 19 rpONV Mottram Britain's i 1 leading amateur lawn tennis player IiOCC World War 11. a.nd his wifr Joy said yesterday they had derided to heeome professionals. In a letter to thr Lawn Tennis Association, they said that they looked forward to beirti,' ahle to as
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    New Zealanders in strong position
    154 19 AFTER gaining a first m- ningB lead of 150 (271 for 9 declared to 121), the touring Now Zealand eric- j keter.s claimed two .second I innings wickets of the Chief Commi.s.sioner'.s XI at Karachi yesterday for 40 runs to be m a strong position.
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    R.A.F. CHANGI OUTPLAY POLICE TO ENTER SENIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL
    563 20 II ITII IiKIM.IIM TT DISPLAY IN I HI. FIRST HALF, < lI INGI PAVED THE WAY M>K AN EASY Vlt TORY OV I X THE roi.K I T<> ENTER THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE SINGAPORE A I A SENIOR CUP IT J\l
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    Argonauts fight hard tor 2-0 victory
    298 20 Argonauts fight hard tor 2-0 victory IN the other Senior (up quarterfinal ftt Jalan Hesur yesterday, Argonauts F.C., this year's Second Division champions, gained a --0 win over K.A.I 1 Seletar who were v fancied team to reach the final. Changl and Argonauts will meet m the semi-finals on Oct.
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    114 20 2<) Wordt <i> (minimum J TAY AH CHOON nee Maria Low Leng Know, a-p 67, pas>ed iway peacefully on Monthe 10th Inst. at 4.30 p.m., nt 709-C Jalan Payoh Lai (Uppei c >.. 7 m..s.i u-,\: Ing behind he h loi sd hu band, Tay All < »n, Director
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    R.A.F. RUGGER XV TOMORROW
    72 20 THE Royal Air Force Singapore rugger team to meet Army at Tanglin tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. will be: AC. Black (RNZAFt; LAC. Jackson iRNZAF*. lac dice iRN'ZAFi, LAC Wrigley IRAAFI AC Ward iRNZAF), LAC Rose "RAF". LAC. Te Maaii (R$ZAFn; LAC. Makutu (RNZAF*. rpi. Newberry ißafi,
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    BARTLEY WIN 2-1
    24 20 Bartipy Secondary Bchool teal ElafllM Institution 2-1 m b Interschool hockey match at Bartley [School yesterday. Rafflea Ird 1-0 lal half-time.
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    FOONG SEONG CUP
    32 20 PLTALACCA win meet Johore In Ihe Fi ins scon" Cup bad- minton ci mpetitlon on B iturda: 15, a1 the i aiu port Departmeni.. hed In Johore Bahi v,
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    INDONESIAN SHUTTLE TEAM ARRIVES TOMORROW
    99 20 f |Mli'; [ndonesian bud minton team will arrive m Singapore tomorrow f<» r 1h( If exhibit lon m :i tC h again it Singapore to t ik< place a( 'he badminton Sta dium on Saturday, i r i ri < mi' iian line up for
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    103 20 F FRENCH I)' 1 llgn Mid Rom my i, (".vikj tiAV6 been scratched t roro nfxt Wed ip day's < letarewlt ch for which they were two ol ihe be >» backed hOFs€| 'i lie Mftnton t rainer, Mr George Todrt, saldftt Ascol on Saturday
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    BOUND FOR EUROPE
    95 20 'pwo of the most pop ten to visa Slngap the war— Gene Bud Cody will have pore on Thursday for where they will i tour. Both matmen have met some of the best wrestlers these ]>ai ts. Murphy In particular has been prominent against Azii the. Japanese
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